  The forgotten designs were unearthed in BAE Systems' archives and include a hypersonic space-plane capable of travelling at five times the speed of sound.
MailOnline 1 day ago
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By Leonard DavidSpace.comThe U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane has quietly passed the five-month mark on its latest secret mission in Earth orbit.The unmanned X-37B spacecraft launched into..
msnbc.com 3 weeks ago
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Videos for "Space Plane" | June 18 (Bloomberg) -- European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. Chief Executive Officer Tom Enders talks about the outlook for Airbus orders and the competition in the wide-body plane market. He..
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Sierra Nevada's craft is a commercial answer to the space shuttle, designed to bring U.S. astronauts to space in a U.S. vehicle. [Read more]
CNET News.com on May 16, 2013
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 This is Devon --
THE leader of Plymouth City Council has seen how one company is reinforcing Plymouth's reputation as a leading centre for manufacturing.
Cllr Tudor Evans toured precision science..
This is on May 8, 2013
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On Monday morning, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space plane fired its rocket engines for the first time in a test flight out of California's Mojave Air and Spaceport.
DNA on May 1, 2013
| ![virgin galactic's spaceshiptwo breaks sound barrier in historic test [photos]](http://dd9cff7f5390ad3f761e-0defe5885d5ee9b3afea39e328b1f089.r93.cf3.rackcdn.com/1520-Virgin-Galactic-SpaceShipTwo-Breaks-Sound-Barrier-In.jpg) On Monday private space tourism company Virgin Galactic successfully conducted their first rocket-powered test of SpaceShipTwo their private space plane.
The ship broke the sound barrier during its..
Business Insider on April 30, 2013
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 SpaceX seems to get all the private rocket buzz these days, but Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is also out there, firing off rockets and aiming for the heavens. The company’s SpaceShipTwo space..
geek.com on April 30, 2013
| A private spaceship designed to carry space tourists made its first rocket-powered test flight Monday, reaching supersonic speeds as it paved the way toward commercial flights in the near..
Mashable on April 29, 2013
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The space plane hits Mach 1.2 as Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson sees "full space flight" by the end of 2013. [Read more]
CNET News.com on April 29, 2013
|  A private spaceship designed to carry space tourists made its first rocket-powered test flight today (April 29), reaching supersonic speeds as it paved the way toward commercial flights in the near..
Business Insider on April 29, 2013
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